Humorous newspaper quips from early 20th century pages
A collection of jokes and wry lines from Philadelphia Press Harlem Life Chicago Daily News Indianapolis News Philadelphia Times Mrs Newliwed and others, featuring puns about ice, fingers, and aging. The snippets showcase the era's lighthearted humor and social quirks.
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McJigger
Thingumboh
Philadelphia Press
Harlem
Chicago Daily News
Indianapolis News
Philadelphia Times
Mra
Baltimore American
Indiansapolis News
USEFUL SOUL ROLLER FROM OLD BINDER RIMS
Instructional note by R. M. Gale in Farm and Home details constructing a roller from eleven binder rims with iron outside and white oak inside. It describes three-section assembly, crosspieces, fastenings, bearing supports, pole attachment, brace irons, center rod, washers, truss irons, and seat mounting for functional use.
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R. M. Gale
Feminine Smokers And Other Scientific Snippets
A collage of notes on women smokers and social attitudes, an astronomy snippet on the Swift Flying Star 1830 Groombridge with velocity estimates and distance, and a brief piece on weight loss during prolonged fasting with figures for various body types and ages.
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Groombridge
Prof
Campbell
Hick Observatory
Earth
Preparing Wheat Land For Profitable Yields
Guidance on selecting light, sandy loam soils for wheat, with emphasis on high nitrogen, plowing early, and building a fine seed bed. Advice includes breaking clover sod, frequent soil work after showers, and ensuring soil is firm yet mellow for strong germination.
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Colman
Poor Queen and Prolific Queen Determine Bee Colony Health
A beekeeper finds two colonies in one apiary with sharply different yields. The remedy is to destroy the poor queen and all drone combs, insert a new queen from a better colony, and requeen. If spring reveals persistent weakness, breakup and transfer bees to stronger hives. Good queens produce industrious, long lived bees. future sales may feature proven lineages.
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Massachusetts Plowman
Beekeepers' Convention
Ontario
Simple Swarm Catcher From Affordable Materials
The article describes a handmade swarm catcher using a barked stick, a 20 inch wire ring, and a burlap bag to create a swiveling mouth. It notes the device can reach swarms up to 30 feet high, stays perpendicular, and allows bees to drop into the bag when jerked under a cluster. Also covers moles as garden pests with bisulphide of carbon in open tunnels.
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Gatcher
Judd Farmer
J. L. Inwin
Her Chance in a Burst of Confidence
A brief fragments from a Philadelphia Press item features a man confessing he is odd and wishes to be different while a woman embraces his gesture, revealing two odd characters seeking change in a dramatic moment.
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Philadelphia
Piso
Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
A Jury’s Verdict From a Western Jury
A western jury recently returned a peculiar verdict stating death occurred by Providence or some unknown disease. The item references misprints and humorous quotes from Chicago Daily News and Chicago Chronicle, noting humorous asides about London’s breadth and streets. It also cites quips about love letters and women with pins, reflecting the paper’s light, column-like content.
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Providence
Chicago Daily Newa
Allen's Foot Ease and Other Humble Remedies
Fragmented excerpt mentions foot powder for tight shoes and corns sold by Allen S Olmsted New York with 25 cents price. Also references Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Hoxare's Croup Cure, and casual notes from Indianapolis and Chicago papers about remedies and daily life.
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Allen’s
Allen S
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Cascareta Candy Cathartic Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Cascareta as a natural bowel remedy with easy movements and a tiny 10 cent start price in metal boxes marked C. 6.0. It contrasts with imitation products and targets general health claims. A fragment from the Washington Star quotes Ethel Cumroz about graduation advice and government guidance.
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Cascareta
Things Worth Knowing From Global News Snapshots
A roundup of miscellaneous world facts notes St Petersburg planning a 100 million overhead railroad, France buying 809200 in toys from Germany in 1900, England’s presidenta with 110 million invested abroad, Holland possessing 10100 windmills draining 310 acres yearly at 25 cents per acre, France’s beer exports rising from 947421 to 2144030 gallons in a decade, Malta census placing total population at 185000 up 8000, New Zealand abundant rivers usable for motive power, Moscow reports Russian police deem female students most aggressive in riots, UK Poultry Association cites annual eggs per person at 130.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
France
Germany
Presidenta
England
Holland
Malta
New Zealand
Moscow
National Poultry Organization Association
United Kingdom
Johnson at Work Again in Racine
Racine Wisconsin July 22 John Johnson of 924 Hamilton Street long troubled by kidney and urinary issues quit work until a friend recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills. After using them he recovered fully and returned to daily labor, a recovery seen by locals as remarkable.
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Racine, Wis
John Johnson
Hamilton Street
Dodd
Johnson
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Ohlb
Fug
Chicago Tribune
Maine
Hawaiian Islands
Lise
London
Chicago Chronicle
Nature
Hoxare
Mercury
Chicago Daily, News
New York
Orleans
Ethel
Mr. Cumroz
Washington
Sawyer
Sawyer & Son
East Cambridge
Macs
A, Foy.& CO
Ciscinsath, O
Niagara, Falls
Moet
Buffalo
Bren J. Lynch
Pass, Agty Ca
A.s.tower CO
Boston
Mass
BILES
Mall
Allen
ST. Paul
Notre Dame
Indiana
St. Edward's Hall
Igor
Talogues
Wetmore
Etmores
M. C. Wetmore Tobacco Company
St.Louia
America
Wetmore Kyles
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